Local police and campus security shot and killed a Florida Institute of Technology student who allegedly chased dorm residents with a knife and then lunged at an officer with the weapon authorities said.
Officers responded to Roberts Hall Friday night to reports of a “a male, reported to be armed with a knife and assaulting students,” according to a Melbourne Police Department news release.
When they confronted the male, he “lunged” at at a cop — causing both police and campus public safety to open fire.
The suspect died at the scene. He was later identified as Alhaji Sow, 18, Florida Today reported.
FIT did not immediately return a request for comment.
Officers responded to Roberts Hall Friday night to reports of a “a male, reported to be armed with a knife and assaulting students,
The police officer sustained an unspecified injury. No one else was hurt, according to the college.